Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-02
STATE MEMS.


died at his home in that clty'on the
Goth, aged Sc.
Ara fire on River Street, Milwaukee,
on the nioht of the 25th, Secretary
Rose. of the Board of Underwriters,
chief marshal OF the insurance patroi.
fell through hole in the second floor
OF the burned building, dislocatipg one
OF his shoulders.
Mrs. SARAH TYRRELL, on trial at
Lancaster for clubbing her husband
to death, has been convicted OF man-
slaughter in the third degree.
ONE of Eau Claires leading citizens
received instructions from Boston
syndicate to invest in 10000 acre. o.
iron land not over forty miles from
Eau CLAIRE.
MILWAUKEE house owners are elab
Grating q scheme for protection
against dead-beat tenants.
A GANG of thieves and ruffians has
been unearthed in the vicinity of Prem
tice and Diamond. Through the evil
dence of woman, who says she was
enticed into O. low den at Diamond and
held against her will, several arrests
have been made, and it is expected
that convictions will break up the
desperate gang which has infested the
neighbo1hood for over year.
A NAN giving the name of G. w.
Morgan has been arrested at La
Crosse, accused of Matchmaking pen
sioners by representing himself as q
special government agent to 1nVestl-
gate fraudulent pension cases, and
threatening to make adverse reports.
THE steam laundry owned by B. ].
Hoyt, at Eau Claire, wss destroyed ny
fire on the goth. Loss, 81 500 to ST.
500; covered by insurance in the As
surance OF London, and Sun. The
contents were mostly saved.
THEgeneral deficiency appropriation
bill, reported to the House OF Repre-
sentatives, appropriates $1,000 for
Fox and Wisconsin Rivers fowage
DAMAGE, and limits the time within
which these claims can presented to
July l next.
IT is said that q tract Of 900 acres
of pine land in Northern Wisconsin,
for which So, 900 was recently paid by
g. Chicago finn, is now worth over
$4,000 on account of q decision to
build the $500" road through the
section in which the tract lies. Ten
years ago nobody was willing to pay
$1,000 for it.
Four dollars ton is paid for the
sulphur mined at Mineral Point. 1t
is being shipped to Tennessee by the
carload.
WHILE practicing with revolvers at
Galesville, William Rhodes vas acct
dentally shot, the ball entering his
leo and striking O. hone
Mr.. RAINEY, a schooi.teacher at
Ettrick, Trempealeau County, was
lately assaulted by some of his
scholars and seriously injured. The
affair is being investigated.
In the trial of Mrs. Sarah Tyrrell at
Lancaster, Tor the murder of her nus
band, the jury brought in q verdict Of
manslaughter in the third degree.
AT Lancaster, on the 25th, E.
Graham split his thumb off with a
horsepower circular saw. He will
probably loose his hand.
A 7-YEAR OLD girl named Emma
Awe, while stealing a ride on a bob
sleigh, in Milwaukee, on the 25th, fell
off In such manner as to berun over
by the rear portion of the vehicle.
She received injuries from which she
died the same night.
AN infant child of Daniel Westigood
OF Fairchild, died from the effectsso,
chewing wad of green paper.
JOHN HANSON, an employee at one Of
the Valley lumber camps on the west
for OF the Chippewa, was Instantly
killed by falling tree. The remains
OF the deceased were brought to his
home in Eau Claire for interment.
THE gross earnings of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railroad for the
third week in February were $685.
900, an increase of $4,000 as COM
pared with the same week in 1886.
A LARGE number of railroad men
are at work on the docks for the Chi
cago, Burlington & Northern new sum-
mer bridge across theriver at Winona.
A WAY freight from Duluth on the
Omaha, was thrown from the track
near Eau Claire. G. W. Proctor. the
conductor, two brakemen and two
passengers were injured. The accident
was caused by broken rail.
The trial of Sarah w. Tyrraii, for
the murder of her husband last June,
has been commenced at the criminal
term of the Grant County court, held
at Lancaster. They were an old
couple and had quarreled a good deal.
He owned the property and wanted to
drive her away. He assaulted her.
She proved to be too stout for him
and clubt ed him to death. He was a
well-known money-leuder for many
years.
CATTLE are suffering in the neighbour
hood of Rocklaud from q scarcity of
<sfeed." Farmers are anxiOusly
awaiting the advent of spring.
THE young lady found dead on the
railway track at Bangor was Miss
Selma Bodmer. She had visited the
residence of G. Bosshard when she
was run down. From the position Of
the body, it seemed likely that she
had fallen, in crossing a culvert and
been unable 20 recover herself in time
to escape the train.
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